tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post2166475230904611365..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: My Dad's BirthdayShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-23275856283539527262012-04-20T09:30:26.022+01:002012-04-20T09:30:26.022+01:00Boywilli - Haven't you a wonderous wit?
Rick ...Boywilli - Haven't you a wonderous wit?<br /><br />Rick - That's fun that they share the same birthdate. My Dad would have been 94 this year. I think it's OK to gloss over birthdays in middle age, but boy I sure would be recognizing birthdays after 89!<br /><br />Beryl - Interesting concept on choosing books! I'm sure all these sad ones had got stacks. I still enjoyed reading them, even if they weren't happy endings.<br /><br />LBW - I'm pretty sure that maintaining social and family connections was and still is considered 'woman's work'. My mom certainly did all that business in our family. My dad's job was to chauffeur and eat.<br /><br />Terri - Family traditions - and individual preferences - are so varied. My dad was certainly a character, but I never doubted he loved me.<br /><br />LR - Yeah, that wrapping was a hoot.<br /><br />Ilegirl - I envy you that choice. I'd go call him right now!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-51273757109938724372012-04-20T06:49:25.758+01:002012-04-20T06:49:25.758+01:00That's very touching. Dads are a trip, aren&#...That's very touching. Dads are a trip, aren't they? The relationship between dad and daughter can be amazing, awkward, and ultimately so charming and sweet. This makes me want to call my own dad, who just turned 79 this week, for no reason except to chat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-28282827975930612912012-04-20T00:33:01.551+01:002012-04-20T00:33:01.551+01:00Great story, especially about how the gift was wra...Great story, especially about how the gift was wrapped. :)Lacey Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15061515113823754281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-11726064799448898382012-04-18T06:11:57.913+01:002012-04-18T06:11:57.913+01:00Oh, it's wonderful that your father gave the g...Oh, it's wonderful that your father gave the gifts he did. I can only recall one gift from my father in my entire lifetime...and it was something he shopped one year when he was unemployed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-79234231331079459692012-04-18T05:32:35.718+01:002012-04-18T05:32:35.718+01:00In my experience - generalization coming here - me...In my experience - generalization coming here - men are a <i>little</i> more likely to forget dates than women. Don't know why that is, but I've seen it all my life...<br /><br />I guess the really important thing is the love - and knowing it's there. The rest is frosting.BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-66468552656708816812012-04-18T05:27:48.036+01:002012-04-18T05:27:48.036+01:00What a sweet story. It's interesting the ways...What a sweet story. It's interesting the ways that differents parent show their love for their children.<br />As to the ways they are ending books these day, my children would always avoid anything that had won an award. They figured out by second grade that awards were only given to books that ended badly. In their innocence, they would tell me that while some of life was bad, not that much of it was. And why just read about all that bad stuff?Berylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386043271411304736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-27958883615356572622012-04-17T17:54:40.802+01:002012-04-17T17:54:40.802+01:00I'll be doing a blog entry today for this is m...I'll be doing a blog entry today for this is my Dad's 93rd birthday. We never really celebrated birthdays growing up. Mine is in November, Bill's is in December and David's is early January. (Chester, always being the oddball has his in August.) With three birthdays so close to Christmas the folks chose to ignore birthdays. (This did tend to upset the daughters-in-law that came along later.)Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-20275543838597702522012-04-17T13:16:07.448+01:002012-04-17T13:16:07.448+01:00So that's where your present wrapping skills c...So that's where your present wrapping skills come fromBoywillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290568631335133397noreply@blogger.com